Despite China’s broader economic woes, its AI chip sector is minting billionaires overnight. A wave of successful IPOs, driven by US export controls and domestic demand, is creating a new tech elite.
Adobe is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging it used pirated books to train its SlimLM AI model. The case centers on the controversial Books3 dataset, which is at the heart of numerous other lawsuits against tech giants like Apple and Salesforce.
Google’s Nick Fox says optimizing for its new AI search is identical to traditional SEO. This comes as a survey finds 77% of e-commerce firms are rethinking marketing due to AI.
A CEO’s guide warns that the rapid advancement of AI has created a dangerous “linguistic gray zone” between business and tech leaders. Not understanding terms like RAG or reinforcement learning is now a strategic risk.
Jim Cramer is urging Amazon not to proceed with a reported $10 billion investment in OpenAI. He calls the potential deal, where OpenAI would use Amazon’s custom AI chips, a “sham-like” circular arrangement that echoes the dangerous speculation of the dotcom era.
Customer service has become a maze of hold times and confusing menus by design. A new report shows 76% of online services use these “dark patterns” to profit from your frustration. AI agents might be the tool that finally ends the era of customer friction.
The server market just posted its biggest quarter ever, with revenues soaring to $112.4 billion. This staggering 61% year-over-year growth is almost entirely powered by massive investments in AI hardware by cloud giants.
The CAD software world is getting an AI-powered overhaul. From turning 3D scans into editable models to AI agents that learn from human clicks, the designer’s toolkit is about to get a lot smarter and more accessible.
Google is launching a major internal initiative called “TorchTPU” to make its AI chips fully compatible with the PyTorch software framework. The move, developed with Meta’s help, is a direct attempt to erode Nvidia’s software moat and make Google’s TPUs a viable alternative for developers.
Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing for a nationwide halt on building new AI data centers. He argues the technology is advancing too fast for democracy to keep up. The proposal faces steep political opposition.
